Stove lid lifter



Filed March 28, 1954 I 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

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STOVE LID LIFTER Filed March 28, 1934 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 9, 1936 PATENT OFF-ICE STOVE LID LIFTER Samuel Klute,south Bend, Ind, assignor to The Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing00.,

South Bend, Ind.

Application March 28, 1934, Serial No. 717 792 4ClaimS- (01. 126-4211)The invention relates to stove lid lifters, and more particularly tomeansfor lifting, asa unit, the anchor plate and lids carried therebywhich cover the fire chamber of a wood orcoal burning cookin'g stove-orrange, to facilitate and simplify the operation of supplying fuel tosuch fire chamber.

, The primary object of the invention is to provide'lifting mechanism ofthis character which is normally in an out-of-the-way position andpractically concealed.

,A further object is to provide lifting mechanism of this characterwhich raises the .stove lid :in a pivotal movement without inoperativelyshiftingthe pivot endjof said lid.

A further object is to provide lifting mechanism of this characterincluding a pivoted member normally depending freely but extensible forengagement with a stop to support the mechanism and lid in raised orpivoted position.

A further object is to provide lifting mechanism of this characterpositioned rearwardly of the stove and carried by an extension of thestove lid for movement through an opening in the top frame of the stove.

. ;A further object is to provide lifting mecha nism. of this characterutilizing .a curved arm depending from the stove lid for lifting one endof said lid in an arcuate path and thereby pivoting said lid. 7

With the above and other objects in'view, the

shown in the drawings, described and claimed,

35- it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of theinvention may be made within the scope of what is claimed withoutdepartingfrom the spirit of the invention;

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a stove to which my improved liftingmechanism is applied. V

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective View of a stove'illustrating thelid-supported and locked in raised position by the lifting mechanism.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of a stove in rear elevation illustratingthe lifting mechanism.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in side elevation illustrating thesupport for holding the lifting mechanism in raised position.

Figure 5 is a side view of the lifting mechanism illustrating part ofthe stove in a section taken on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view of the stove taken on line 66of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, which-illustrate the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, the numeral Iii designates a wood or coal burning cookingstovehavinga base I l, front panel l2, side panels 53, rear panel l4,top frame l5, and an upwardly extending back guard IS. The top frame I5carries lid I1-for the reservoincooking plate It, and anchor plate l9covering the fire chamber; said anchor plate l9 carrying round lids 20and intermediate lid2l, all as is conventional.

An; extension 22 is carried by anchor plate l9 at an intermediateportion of the rear side thereof, and this extension 22 fits into anopening 23 in top frame l5, which opening 23 extends rearwardly of therear panel M'of the stove cabinet. A downwardly extending flange 24 isintegrally formed with extension 22 and projects through said opening23. At the opposite ends of its inner side portion, anchor plate [9 hasintegrally formed therewith downwardly extending fingers 25, and thesefingers fit into recesses 26 formed-in the top frame l5, and are notchedat 40.

A curved arm 21 is riveted or otherwise fixedly secured to flange 24 ofanchor plate extension 22, and extends downwardly therefrom in closelyspaced parallel relation to rear panel M of the stove. The major portionof arm 21is substantially arcuate whereby its center line substantiallyconforms to an are having a point on a line common to fingers 25 as acenter; and its lower free end portion 28 is preferably straight andextends at an angle to the horizontal, as a. tangent to said are at thatpoint. To portion 28 of arm 21 is riveted or otherwise fixedly secured,at the outer side thereof, the end of a second arm 29. Arm 29 isprovided with a perpendicularly rearwardly bent portion 3|], from whichthe free end 3| ofsaid armextends in parallel relationto portion 28 ofarm 21 and torear panel I 4 in rearwardly spaced relation to a verticalprojection of the rear edges of the top frame is and back guard 16. Theouter end of portion 35 ofarm 29 is curved at 32 and terminates in abifurcated portion 33 positioned adjacent to a rearward projection ofthe adjacent side panel l3 of the stove. A handle member 34 is pivotedat 35 to portion 33, and normally depends vertically therefrom, asillustrated in Figure 3.

The back guard 16 of the stove includes a vertical member 36, as bestillustrated in Figure 4, and the rear edge of said member carries aplurality of rearwardly projecting upwardly directed fingers 31,opposite which fingers said member is cut away at 38.

In the use of the device, handle 34 is pivoted to extended position, asillustrated in dotted lines in Figure 3, there being provided thereforsuitable means (not shown) for limiting such pivotal movement to desiredextended position. An upward pull on the handle then raises themechanism and anchor plate IS. The fingers 25 of this anchor plate,being seated in recess 26 of frame l5, serve to form a pivot bearing forthe plate, whereby said plate is pivoted, and any tendency to movelaterally or of said fingers to slide from said recess is overcome byengagement of notch 40 with the recess corner, as shown in Fig. 6. Thecurvature or arcuate form of the arm 21 is such that, as the liftingmechanism is raised, it will move freely through opening 23 in frame I5,and that it will continually urge the plate I 9 in a directiontangential to its path of movement or perpendicularly thereto; whichserves additionally to insure movement thereof will be limited topivoting. The off-set relation of the major free portion 3! of arm 29with respect to arm 21 and the rear edges of the frame 15 and back guard[6, permit the same to be raised to a position as illustrated in dottedlines in Figures 3 and 5, whereby plate I9 is pivoted sufiiciently topermit large pieces of wood to be placed in the fire chamber. In thisconnection it will be seen that the positioning of the arm 21 outwardlyof a projection of the rear edge of plate l9 provides an uninterruptedpassage in frame I5 through which the fuel may be fed to the firechamber. The perpendicular portion of arm 29 provides a stop whichengages frame l5 if the mechanism is lifted too high, and this portion30 is positioned, with relation to the pivot edge of plate 19, at anangle to the vertical, whereby the plate l9 cannot be pivoted to orbeyond vertical position, and consequently the lids 20 and 2| will notfall or move from operative position on said plate. To look or supportthe plate IS in raised position, the handle 34 is disposed in one of therecesses 38 of member 36 to be supported by the adjacent finger 31, thehandle thus being normally suspended adjacent the lateral outline of thestove but being extensible outwardly thereof to engage the supportingfingers 31 and to serve therewith to form a locking means for the plateIS. The extension 22 of plate l9, when said plate is operativelypositioned on the frame, not only permits the lifting mechanism to bedisposed behind the stove cabinet in practically concealed position, butalso serves to close opening 23 of frame 15 in which the liftingmechanism is shiftable, thereby concealing said opening and enhancingthe appearance of the stove.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. The combination with a stove comprising a cabinet, a top frame forsaid cabinet projecting outwardly of one side thereof and having a platereceiving opening therein, a plate pivotally mounted on said top tocover said opening, of a depending curved arm fixed to said plate inspaced relation to the pivot axis thereof and disposed below said topprojection in spaced relation to said cabinet and a handle fixed to thefree end of said arm and outwardly off-set therefrom whereby the freeend of said handle is shiftable in a vertical path of movement spacedfrom said top projection to a position thereabove to pivot said plate byshifting said arm in said opening to a limit at which said off-setengages said top projection.

2. The combination with a stove comprising a cabinet and an upperstructure, a top for said cabinet projecting outwardly thereof, having aplate receiving opening therein, a plate pivotally mounted on said topto cover said opening, of a depending curved arm fixed to said plate inspaced relation to the pivot axis thereof and disposed below said topprojection in spaced relation to said cabinet, a handle fixed to thefree end of said arm and outwardly off-set therefrom whereby the freeend of said handle is shiftable in a vertical path of movement spacedfrom said top projection to a position adjacent said upper structure topivot said plate by shifting said arm in said opening to a limit atwhich said off-set engages said top projection, and means carried bysaid upper structure and engageable by said handle for supporting saidhandle in raised position.

3. The combination with a stove comprising a cabinet and an upperstructure, a top for said cabinet projecting rearwardly thereof, andhaving a plate receiving opening therein, a plate pivotally mounted onsaid top to cover said opening, of a depending curved arm fixed to saidplate in spaced relation to the pivot axis thereof and disposed belowsaid top projection in rearwardly spaced parallel relation to saidcabinet, an extensible handle carried by the free end of said arm andnormally concealed rearwardly of said cabinet, said handle including arearward projection whereby the free end thereof is shiftable in avertical path of movement spaced from said top projection to a positionadjacent said upper structure to pivot said plate to a limit at whichsaid off-set engages said top projection, and means carried by saidupper structure and engageable by said handle when extended forsupporting said handle in raised position.

4. A stove comprising a frame having a lid receiving opening therein, apivotable lid, a lid supporting flange carried by said frame and havingan elongated recess formed therein defined at one end by a shoulder, anda depending pivot bearing carried by said lid mounted in said recess andlongitudinally shiftable therein upon pivoting of said lid, said bearinghaving an inclined face slidable on said shoulder and interrupted by anotch intermediate thereof, said notch seating on said shoulder after apredetermined shifting of said bearing relative to said shoulder toprevent sliding displacement of said bearing from said recess duringpivoting of said lid.

SAMUEL KLUTE.

